destructiveness comes only when life isn't lived. People who can live their lives don't destroy themselves.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Money can be replaced anytime, but lost time can never be reclaimed.

With diligent practice, you will be an expert.

We have a movement going on, folks. I will never let you down.

The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse.

The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater compliment.

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

When you've got Roger Ailes on your side, you do not lose.

Atheism: the religion devoted to the worship of one's own smug sense of superiority.

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas.

No Atlantis is too underwater or fictional.